Edit this page Shadow of the Beast Amiga 500 screenshot (cropped) / Enlarged and cropped screenshot from Amiga 500 gameplay, captured by YouTube user Phoenix Risen. / Image credit: Psygnosis/Reflections
Shadow of the Beast poster / Sorry, we don't have accessible text for this image :( / Image credit: Psygnosis Limited

Shadow of the Beast

Shadow of the Beast is a 1989 fantasy platform game developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis. A reboot under the same title was released for PlayStation 4 in 2016.

Screenshots and images

Company and staff credits

Publisher
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Developer
This is a fallback image. No image is available. Ubisoft Reflections Ltd.
Producer
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Composer
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Designer
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Artist
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Programmer
This is a fallback image. No image is available. Richard Swinfen

Platform comparison

Platform Released Interfaces Target FPS Video Sound
Amiga 2009
Europe
- - - -
TG-CD - - - - -
Atari ST - - - - -
ZX Spectrum - - - - -
Lynx - - - - -
Genesis - - - - -
Amstrad CPC - - - - -
Commodore 64 - - - - -
FMTowns - - - - -
Master System - - - - -

Game details

Release dates
  • 2009:
    • Amiga (Europe)
Genres

Publishing

Featured box art by British artist Roger Dean, who is also known for creating music album covers and posters for British rock bands including Yes and Asia. Dean also produced box art for other Psygnosis-published games including Obliterator and Tetris Worlds.

Impact and influence

A reboot, also titled Shadow of the Beast, was released for PlayStation 4 in May 2016 and also included the original game.

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